The duos will experience a few new twists this time around, including the show’s first ever double elimination, and something called the Hazard, which is a penalty that one team will incur right at the starting line. And for the first time ever, The Amazing Race will be visiting the countries of Belgium, Denmark, Malawi, and Indonesia.

So, it's similar to Speed Bump, eh? And it's replacing the Automatic U-Turn on last season... Hmm... I would love if they come up with some twists entirely different from existing ones, but let's see how it'll turn out!

Or how about a 'Long Way Round' penalty: Next to some of the clueboxes along the leg will be another cluebox that the team with the penalty has to pick from. It'll usually contain the same basic clue but with a slightly different instruction like 'YOUR team must not use any form of transport to get to the destination' or 'YOUR team must complete the challenge with the least experienced crew'.

Or how about a 'Long Way Round' penalty: Next to some of the clueboxes along the leg will be another cluebox that the team with the penalty has to pick from. It'll usually contain the same basic clue but with a slightly different instruction like 'YOUR team must not use any form of transport to get to the destination' or 'YOUR team must complete the challenge with the least experiences crew'.

Or how about a 'Long Way Round' penalty: Next to some of the clueboxes along the leg will be another cluebox that the team with the penalty has to pick from. It'll usually contain the same basic clue but with a slightly different instruction like 'YOUR team must not use any form of transport to get to the destination' or 'YOUR team must complete the challenge with the least experiences crew'.

That's more along the lines of what I'm thinking it is.

That sounds great.

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If it is that, I'd bet it'd be something like "YOUR team must use only walking and/or public transportation to reach the next destination", while everyone else at least has the option of cabs. Would totally be worth it if it was set up so that PT was actually faster (which, in Taipei, is a distinct possibility).

If it is that, I'd bet it'd be something like "YOUR team must use only walking and/or public transportation to reach the next destination", while everyone else at least has the option of cabs. Would totally be worth it if it was set up so that PT was actually faster (which, in Taipei, is a distinct possibility).

Just another variation, maybe the when the team receives that long way run clue. The team will have another route info instead. That will tell them to go to another place to get their real clue.

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Phil says: ' It's something that is announced at the very beginning, but it has a rolling effect going forward through the rest of the Race.'

It could still be my earlier suggestion, and they could have a 'Long Way Round' on every leg, but this would be expensive and could leave many specially printed clues redundant if the team gets eliminated. So this is unlikely to be the Hazard.

My new guess is this: For the team with the Hazard penalty, every pit stop they reach, they must then wait until one more team checks in before checking in behind them. This means that if they come in second to last, they will be eliminated. They can rid themselves of the Hazard by winning a leg, much the same as the 'Marked for Elimination' penalty.

Well, the teams didn't know it was an NEL; and except for the grandparents, the other teams won't know about the double elimination apparently until they opened the first clue for the second leg.

It's possible we might see a hazard again in the Race this season, but my guess is that we won't. The show tends to test something new for only one leg in the Race where it's introduced, so they can adjust it if it doesn't work they way they thought it would.